
Building Great Communities
Great communities are built over time with collaborative contributions and collective stewardship. These occur in small and big ways, from private property owners caring for their grounds and businesses, to public agencies providing quality public amenities, programming, and spaces for the community.
It takes everyone working together. Sometimes, it also takes a little bit of creativity to find better solutions.
Here are some potential examples to get the ideas going!
Yield Roadway in Small Towns & Rural Communities
Pocket Neighborhoods by Ross Chapin
Parking in Plain Sight
Missing Middle Housing by Opticos
Are Parking Lots Ruining Your City?
Conservation Communities/ “Twice Green” by Randall Arendt
Small Scale Development by Incremental Development Alliance
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community, and the Land (2024).
Author: Norman Wirzba
The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture (1977).
Author: Wendell Berry.
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity (2019).
Author: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
The Embrace of Buildings (2017).
Author: Lee Hardy